[5303] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: US Urges Ban of Internet Crypto
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Udhay Shankar N)
Sun Aug 1 18:00:45 1999
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 11:44:37 +0530
To: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>, cryptography@c2.net
From: Udhay Shankar N <udhay@pobox.com>
In-Reply-To: <v042101bcb3c6078b9827@[207.244.108.87]>
At 02:05 PM 7/29/99 -0400, Robert Hettinga wrote:
>The more money people make with internet commerce, the fewer legs
>totalitarians will have to stand on when they call for the
>criminalization of strong cryptography.
I wish I could agree with you. I think, however, that your thesis holds
only when internet commerce grows beyond a critical mass. This has not yet
happened. Why do you think Big Brother is stepping up efforts to jack(boot)
in to your life before it's too late ?
Udhay
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